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MelanieBen

  1. Toward/towards; further/farther. At this point in my career, I am resigned to knowing I'll never get them right.
  2. Trying not to let aching knees & sore butt deter me from my bike ride. But probably should remember I'm no Lance Armstrong.
  3. @brimeetsbooks Still can't get over the fact that Gatsby looks like he could be Daisy's father. Carey Mulligan is just too young.
  4. Ugh. Just remembered I have to write the dedication & acknowledgment pages. Why do these cause me more angst than anything else?
  5. I can't help but think of copy editors as stern schoolteachers constantly peering over my shoulder.
  6. @JulieJustReads It's been giving me a problem for MONTHS, Julie! Lots of ideas, lots of feedback, no agreement. Until now!
  7. Yippee! Just got the go-ahead from my editor for my next novel - can't wait to start! But 1st, copy edits for the AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER
  8. The Book Cellar has been good to me - please be good to one of their own who suffered a fire recently - bit.ly/JCithj
  9. Watched PATTON last night. Best. War. Movie. Ever.
  10. Am I the only person who finds the iTunes bookstore completely baffling? Hard to search, only top sellers in categories easy to find?
  11. @skrishna To some people, the concept of spending money for a good book seems rather foreign.
  12. Gentle hint: If you come to my website looking for a PDF file of any of my books, you're not going to find it.
  13. Dear God, #Cubs. How many ways can you come up with to lose? This team could be beat by my neighbor kid's T-ball team.
  14. Or - we're the only people who didn't leave town this holiday weekend!
  15. Husband & I in the garden this beautiful evening; no noise at all from any neighbors. We feel like we're the last people left on earth.
  16. Watering the flowers goes is so much more fun with a beer in your hand. #justsayin'
  17. @SoulEyesTina Thanks!
  18. Woot! MRS. TOM THUMB in the New York Times this weekend - nytimes.com/2012/05/27/boo…
  19. @BellaStander Nothing keeps an author humble better than copy edits!
  20. Copy edits for THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER have arrived! Nothing beats seeing all your mistakes circled in bright red pencil.